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Chapter 386 Wagang Returns

Before meeting Xu Shiji, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but sigh that this time, the harvest from at least Liyang from Youzhou was a thousand miles away. レ..♠ レ

Outside Liyang City, when Li Chongjiu persuaded Li Mi to not enter Guanzhong to join Li Tang, he felt that he could do almost everything and nothing to stop him. As long as he was the foresight of the time traveler and his understanding of the general trend of history was nothing that could be done.

But when he arrived in Liyang City, Li Shimin came to persuade Li Mi personally. I don’t know who is better than who is less eloquent than Li Shimin compared to him.

In fact, Li Mi can sit at her current position, but what about Su Qin and Zhang Yi? How can he be moved by words? No matter how good Li Shimin is, he will be the same.

As a result, Li Shimin still won. He did not win in eloquence, but in the general trend of Li Tang and the influence of Li Tang among the gentry. Li Shimin and Li Yong, the Liu family in Hedong and the generals of Li Mi, tied them together and forced Li Mi to surrender to Guanzhong.

At this moment, Li Chongjiufang realized that his personal power was still difficult to fight against the general trend. Just like a bamboo that was bent with his fingers for a while, his fingers finally released and bounced back to its original position.

At present, Li Chongji must win Xu Shiji and the more than 10,000 elite troops in Wagang, so that in the future, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande can compete with each other. He can no longer fall behind Li Yuan.

Xu Shiji was a famous general of the generation, and this is a public opinion.

In this era, among all the generals at that time, only Xu Shiji could compete with Li Jing. The two were like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the Emperor Wu of Han.

In history, Li Shimin evaluated Xu Shiji's use of troops, saying that Xu Shiji was cautious in using troops, and even if he had a big victory, he would not have a big defeat.

Later generations once discussed that Taigong of Zhou, Wang Jian of Qin, Han Xin of Han, Zhao Chongguo, Sima Yi of Wei, Zhuge Wuhou of Shu, Wei Xiaokuan of Zhou, Yang Su of Sui, Li Jing of Tang, and Xu Shiji can be said to be the same.

Now Li Chongjiu's command is not short of powerful generals, dead soldiers, and capable officials. He advises the officials. As for the infantry and cavalry, he is very elite. However, Li Chongjiu always faces famous generals like Song Jingang, Luo Yi, and Li Zhiwan, and is always inferior to the other side.

Li Chongjiu also knew that he was not like Li Shimin, a emperor with such talented talents, so he could only learn from Liu Bang and find good generals and famous ministers to help him.

Compared with Liu Bang's three masters in the Han Dynasty, Li Chongjiu's commands such as Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, and Lu Chengqing can be compared with Xiao He, but there are no good generals and counselors like Han Xin and Zhang Liang.

Wang Mahan, Ying Hefu, and Yuchi Gong can be considered brave generals, but not generals. As for the Xue brothers, they are still young and have not experienced the battlefield; while Ji Chuan and Xue Wanshu can be considered strategists, but compared to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui is not one or two points worse than Fang Xuanling. (This chapter is uploaded by netizens)

Therefore, for Li Chongji, who lacks talent, it is like a field that has been waiting for the dew for a long time. With Xu Shiji's help, he can take on his own side and resolve Li Chongji's worries.

How could such famous generals be missed? If Xu Shiji and Li Jing are used by Li Shimin, then who will come to compete with Li Tang after Li Chongjiu?

When Xu Shiji saw Li Chongji, he stood up first, clasped his fists and said, "Duke Shanggu, was he here at the order of Duke Wei?"

Li Chongjiu said, "I have really just arrived from Duke Wei."

Xu Shiji had a little understanding and looked at Li Chongjiu with a complicated expression.

Xu Shiji silently stretched out his hand and pointed, "Please sit down by Gong Shanggu."

Li Chongjiu and Xu Shiji took the seat against each other.

Xu Shiji said, "Duke Shanggu, Duke Wei sees you, he really has decided to join Li Tang, right?"

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Indeed, Duke Wei has made a decision."

Xu Shiji sighed and said, "As it turns out, since Wei Gong surrendered to Li Tang, he did not present Shanggu Duke to Li Shimin. It shows that Wei Gong respected Shanggu Duke, took you as a confidant friend, and entrusted all the brothers of Wagang Army to Shanggu Duke. Since Wei Gong has made a decision, Xu has nothing to say, so he will let everything go to Shanggu Duke."

Li Chongji did not expect Xu Shiji to agree so quickly. He was going to exchange with Xu Shiji and negotiate terms.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but feel surprised and asked immediately: "Brother Xu made this decision, is it for Mr. Wei?"

Xu Shiji said, "Half is for Duke Wei, and half is for Duke Shanggu."

"Below?"

Xu Shiji nodded and smiled, "I am a sworn brother with Brother Shan, and Mr. Shanggu and Brother Shan are brothers, that is, my Xu brother. As for Li Yuan, the threshold of Li family is too high and I dare not climb up. My Xu Dayan didn't recognize him. We, the heroes of Wagang, don't talk about so many things. It was a brotherly relationship to be able to accompany Zhai's family to gather in Wagang. If not, my Xu Shiji's family had thousands of food, so why should we follow Zhai's family? Brother Shan rebelled together."

Li Chongjiu was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Brother Xu, please rest assured, I, Li Chongjiu, will not let you down and the brothers in Wagang Village."

Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Since Duke Wei decided to entrust the upper and lower parts of Wagang to Duke Shanggu, it shows that Duke Shanggu is a person worthy of entrusting. What else can I worry about?"

Xu Shiji said to the back of the hall: "Sir, let's come in together."

After a while, two people came to the back of the hall, one of whom had white hair and beards, and the other was dressed as a military general. It was obvious that they had been listening to the conversation between Li Chongjiu and Xu Shiji for a long time in the back of the hall.

Xu Shiji said to Li Chongjiu: "I will introduce you to Mr. Shanggu, this is my father."

Li Chongjiu clasped his fists and said, "I heard that Xu Bo Kang is generous and fond of righteousness for a long time, and I am very lucky to see him today."

The old man clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shanggu, you are old. The dog will have to worry about Shanggu's care in the future."

"Don't dare." Li Chongjiu bowed slightly. The old man was Xu Gai, the father of Xu Shiji. The Xu family was a wealthy family back then. Xu Gai and Xu Shiji and his son used their family's rice and grain to help the poor people nearby.

Later, Zhai Rang reigned in the Wagang army, and Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin had old age, so they persuaded their father to spend all their wealth and join Wagang Village.

"This is the chief secretary Guo Xiaoke."

When Li Chongjiu saw that the other party was a strange appearance, he exuded an unruly and wild aura like seeing many generals of Wagang.

Xu Shiji and Li Chongjiu introduced the words: "Shi Guo is a man from Yangdi and has served in my account for many years."

Li Chongjiu heard this and said with a fist, "There are many strange soldiers in Ruying. Today I see Mr. Guo, which shows that this is true."

Guo Xiaohe casually clasped his fists and said, "It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk." He was very negligent in his words.

Xu Shiji said, "My brother has such a temper. The same is true when he sees Duke Wei, don't blame him."

Li Chongjiu nodded. Any arrogant person must have real skills. Besides, this Guo Xiaohe in history is not an unknown person.

After Li Chongjiu met the three, Xu Shiji attracted more than a dozen confidant generals in the mansion and said, "Duke Wei, since he has decided to go west to Guanzhong, I told me before that the brothers in Wagang Village who do not want to go to Guanzhong can stay and stay for themselves. I plan to take Shanggu to Youzhou, what do you think?"

Guo Xiaohe punched the ground hard and said, "Scholars were all Xu Jingzong, Liu and others. If Zhai was here, how could I lose to Wang Shichong?"

Xu Gaiyan said: "It's over here, what's the use of saying this?"

A general looked at Li Chongjiu and said, "Brother Xu, Mr. Wei is just going to Guanzhong to pick up Li Yuan's stinky feet. Why should we listen to him? If I don't go to Guanzhong, you may not be like this. I think Li Yang is very good. Even if I can't eat all the grain and rice in another ten years, we will be able to defend ourselves here. Why should we go to Youzhou? Brother Xu, I, He Jiu, are willing to worship you as the lord of Wagang."

As soon as this person finished speaking, the generals clasped their fists and said, "Mr. Wei has always been treating you with bad habits, why should you listen to him? We are willing to regard the general as the Lord of Wagang."

"I'm confused," Xu Shiji slapped the table with a heavy palm: "If Li Yang can defend, why should Duke Wei abandon Li Yang and enter Guanzhong west? Now there is Wang Shichong in the south of Li Yang, Yu Wenhua and Li Yuan and Dou Jiande in the east. If four people come to attack, how many days can you guard this lonely city?" Xu Shiji shouted loudly.

After hearing what Xu Shiji said, all the generals were stunned. A general strongly said to himself: "At worst, it's okay to wipe it all out."

"Our Wagang Army has only the dethroned general."

Another man held his head, squatted on the ground and whimpered, saying, "What's the point of death? We didn't think too much about it when we gathered in Wagang, but we just couldn't have enough food. One day we were all out, and we would go there. Now I have married my wife and children, and I want to go home."

Xu Shiji glanced at the generals, his eyes couldn't help but wet, and said, "It's me, Xu, who is incompetent. I'm sorry, everyone has their own ambitions. I will never force you to go to Guanzhong and stay and go home."

After hearing what Xu Shiji said, all the generals bowed their heads.

"People, please listen to me."

Li Chongjiu stood up from Xu Shiji and asked, "Do you know how the people in Youzhou talk about the Wagang Army?"

All the generals looked up at Li Chongjiu, and one of them asked, "What do you mean?"

"The people of Youzhou are all respectful to the Wagang Army," Li Chongjiu said, "Zhai Dangjia, the Wagang Village founded by the Dan Dangjia back then, is so great. The brothers killed officials and eliminated the harm, robbed the rich and helped the poor, opened warehouses and released grain. Which of the people of Hebei has not received your kindness."

"Even the famous general Zhang Xutuo was defeated by you, the official army had no choice but to take it. All the heroes in the world recommended the Wagang Army as the leader of the rebel army. Who would like to mention the name of the Wagang Army? Although the luck is not good at the moment, can you bear to meet the Zhai family, and will the Wei Gong establish the Wagang Army be divided into pieces?"

When the generals heard Li Chongjiu's words, they couldn't help but wiped their tears and said, "No, no."

Li Chongjiu clasped his fists and said, "I am not talented. Although I am not from Wagang, I am the brother of the Mengwei Gong and I am the brother of the Dan family. I, Li Chongjiu, promised here that one day, I will take all my brothers back to Liyang and Dongdu, so that everyone can know that the world is not up to those scholarly and the aristocratic giants."

"middle!"

The generals of the Wagang Army slapped the table one after another.

Xu Gai beside him, Guo Xiaohe looked at Li Chongjiu and couldn't help but look a little more admiring.
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